United Nations chief Ban Ki Moon arrived Thursday and hopes to meet Burma's leader Gen. Than Shwe today. By Christopher Johnson | Correspondent of The

By VOA News European lawmakers have strongly condemned Burma's military rulers for their response to the humanitarian crisis in the country's

By Thomas Bell, South East Asia Correspondent Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary General, arrived in Rangoon on Thursday, as the junta began to evict

A Buddhist monk hands clothes to villagers in Dedaye in the Irrawaddy Delta, which was laid waste by cyclone Nargis. THE first of 10 helicopters contracted

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tours Shwedagon pagoda shortly after his arrival in Yangon. Photo: AP THE United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon,

By Chris Hogg For the aid agencies who have struggled for more than two weeks to get relief supplies to the victims of Cyclone Nargis, there is now a new

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon set off on a helicopter tour of Burma's Irawaddy Delta today after a direct appeal to the country's military junta to

RANGOON, Burma - On the eve of a visit to Burma by the head of the United Nations, the European Union top aid official has deplored the reluctance of the

By VOA News UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Burma Thursday on a mission to speed up help for millions of cyclone victims.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Burma to press the country's military leadership to accept a substantial relief operation for the survivors

It's believed at least 134000 people died since the cyclone hit Burma's Irrawaddy Delta region.[AFP] UN chief Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Burma to press the

By VOA News Burma says it will not allow US naval ships to deliver emergency aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis, which devastated the country's Irrawaddy

Leaders hope their charges of a crime against humanity will push the junta to expand relief efforts. By Mark Rice-Oxley | Correspondent of The Christian

Burma has allowed nine UN World Food Programme helicopters to deliver aid to remote cyclone-hit areas, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.